Samoan senior solicitor Unasa Iuni Sapolu says it’s time for the Pacific nations to have a collective voice on West Papua.

“This is something the Pacific Forum should stand up for. At least half a million people have been murdered. There is genocide, there’s a holocaust in the West Pacific and what do we do? We sit back and have a holiday on public moneys.”

However Joku says things have changed.

“It’s no longer the Indonesia or Papua that we have known before," he says. “Come to Papua and have a look for yourselves."